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No. 432,229. Patented July 15, 1890.

NITED STATES PATEN Fries.

GEORGE IV. COOK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO LEWVIS M. SMITH, OF SAME PLACE.

SAFETY OIL-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 432,229, dated July 15, 1890.

Application filed February 27, 1890. Serial No. 342,018. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. COOK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Safety Oil-Cans, of which the following is such a full, clear, and exact description as will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, the accompanying drawings, with the letters of referenee marked thereon, being a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a suitable means for closing the spout and the opening for filling the can, so as to prevent evaporation of volatile oils or the slopping over while being handled, also to provide an elastic covering or protector for glass cans to prevent breakage in case of falling or coming in collision with other objects. I accomplish this by the mechanism shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of myimproved can. Fig. 2 is a section throughthedotted line 2 2, looking toward the top at the bottom of the valves. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan of my improved can. Fig. at is a detail perspective view of a section of the can with its wire covering.

In the drawings like letters indicate like parts in the several views.

A is my improved can, provided with the bar I), valve 1) for closing the filler-opening, and valve 1) for closing the spout, these being actuated by the handle B, held in place by the spring B, so that when in the posit-ion shown. in the drawings the valves b and Z) will be pressed simultaneously into the filleropening 0 in the cover C and into the spout c.

E is a oorru gated band, of tin or other sheet metal, around the top and bottom of the can, to which the corrugated wire-cloth covering F is secured, so as to conform to the corrugations in-E.

A is a handle to the covering F.

a is a sheet-metal disk for protecting the bottom of the can,and is held looselyin place by the ring a, which is fastened to the corrugated band E. The disk a is provided with an opening S,which furnishes a means whereby force can be applied directly to the can to aid in its removal from the screen covering.

C C are stops, the functions of which are as follows: WVhen desiring to fill the can or pour oil from the spout, the handle Bis pressed down until the bar 1) comes below the stops C C, and when turned to the position shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2 the tension of the spring B will hold the barb in position against the stops, leaving the filler-aperture open. Then in this position, the can may be filled or emptied, always securing a suflicient vent to allow the easy flow of the oil to and from the can. The stop H,whieh projects beyond the stops C C, prevents the valves from being turned past their respective openings on closing the same.

I am aware that corrugated sheet-metal coverings having perforations for the purpose of looking through to the glass can have been used prior to my invention. These, however, have always been found too rigid, and therefore do not furnish a sufficiently elastic protector for the usually frail glass can. I there fore do not claim, broadly, a corrugated sheetmetal covering; but

\Vhat I do claim, and desire to secure by-Letters Patent, is

1. In an oil-can, the cover C,-having inlet and outlet openings, the bar 12, carrying valves for closing said openings, the handle B, con nected with said bar for operating the same, the retaining-spring surrounding said handle, the stops C C, projecting from the under side of the cover and interposed between the same and the bar I) when the valves are opened, and the stop H,limiting the rotation of the bar when operated to close the valve, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of the can, the corrugated bands E, and the corrugated wire-cloth F, secured between said bands, forming a covering for the can .substantiall y as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE W. COOK.

In presence of GEORGE L. F0121),

SARAH COOK. 

